Outdoor advertising bulletin



12, 1932 D OVERHQLTZ 1,841,204

, OUTDOOR ADVERTISING BULLETIN Filed July 11, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

I N VEN TOR.

ATTORNEY Jan. 12, 1932. G. D. OVERHOLTZ OUTDOOR ADVERTI I NG BULLETIN Filed July 11, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 A TTORNEY Patented Jan.'12 1932 sYLvANIA Application and July 11, 1930; [serial n 457 50.,

Thisinvention relates to outdoor advertising structures, and more-particularly to bulletins, as distinguished from poster panel constructions. In bulletin structures, as is well known in the art, the structure includes removable panels designed for having portions of the advertising'applied directly'to the individual panels, asbypainting.

In such structures,it is frequently-necesm sary to remove the panelstherefrom, and one 1 eflicient means for supporting the separablepanel sections ina mannerjto take care of the tension and, compressive strains. the panels and the structure are subjected to when the parts are assembled in the desired operative positions.

7 'Other objects of my inventionare,'to pro! 25. vide for co-operationwith the cross-members of the metal supporting framing of said structures, interchangeable adjustable panel attaching means for detachably-securing the panel sections to the-framing and to provide a new andlimproved arrangement of. one of the cross members of the framing relative to "the other cross-members of "the structure whereby the panel sectionsi may be more .of the ;member9, and nuts on the inner ends of the threaded shanks for tightening =1 readily positioned "on the structure and removed therefrom and whereby the pa attaching means may be advantageously utilized.

In the accompanying drawings:

A Fig; 1 is a front perspective viewof a por tion of an outdoor advertising structure,

showing my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken on the line II-II of Fig.1, particularlyshowing the panel attaching means in position;

Fig. 4', adetai'l sectiontaken .on the line Fig. 5, a"vert1cal sectional view illustrat+ "50 'ing the panel attaching means in engagement 'ber of thepanel attaching means gand- (mouse ID. OVERHOLTHZLOFFFAIR onxs," reNnsYifLvAnIe, assrenonij'rq?'nrommilc-.,

MARSHALLCOM A Y Q I UR H, PENPNSYLVANUIAWHA' eonromrxonon rm with the lower a panel for support;

ing'the 'samej; I e h v Fig. 6, a viewsimilar totFig 5, showing a spacer :member for positioning thev bottom cross-member'awayfromythe;upright n 1 F ig.. 7 a perspective: View of the bracket .member of vthe :panel attaching means; ,1

as p

3 Fig. 8, a'perspectiveview of thecboltmem r I Fig-,-Z9-, a perspectiveviewvof a modified formof spacer member.-.;

Referring to thje ,drawings fi designates structural angle uprights of a steel framing employed r for supporting the panels fi, the molding not shown, and. other partslentering into-thebulletin structure,

Asfillu rated, and as preferredfl formed ofjangle bars,--the top" cross-member 7 and the" intermediatecross member 8 are securely y-attached directly against a 7 face of three: cross-members 7,8fand 9,- preferably the structural angle members 5iby means of belts or their:{equivalents IO, "Thebottom distanceyaway fr'om' the faces of the uprights V Member, 9 is attachedlto the uprights cross-member 9'- however is spaced a slight i 7 means oflJabolts': 12-having threadedshank portions; 13 'pa'ssedthrough, openings 13a in the spacer members and openings l3bjinthe uprights, said-bolts being provided with hookedportions 14 for engaging over a flange the same. The' spacer members llware fur- V ther provided with; means, for engagement withthe --vertically depending flange of memgber 9,} said: means including headed bolts';16, nuts' 17, ,and', washerse18; LOpenings- '19 are 5 formed in 'thelower portions of the-spacers fthrough which said ibolts are passedgto: extendbelow the lowermostportionyofthe dei pending flange of 1, the. gmemben-Q. Upon tightening'nuts 17 the washers 18 engage and out portion 16a is designed'to-be projected away from the surface of the'spacer to provide asocketor recess 20 for receiving the depending lflange. o'f -Vth'e crossmember 9, thereby securing the; latter aga nst tilting.

Said spacer members 11 or 71 1a function to position the member 9 forwardly of the'meinbers 7 and8 for the purpose of; supporting the panels 6 in the manner hereinafter described. The interchangeable adjustable panel attaching means constitut'e'an importantand characteristic feature of the present inven- 20 tion and, as shown, include an 'L'-shaped bracket member '21 having a laterally extending lower-flange 22 at one end of the member,

anda depending flange 23 at its upper end. Bracket member 2lis preferably made of relatively thick spring'metal, andis designed to embrace or partially embrace the two flanges" of therespectivecross-members 7, 8 i-anda'when applied-thereto. To this end, the angle between the'embracing portions of end-bracket is slightly lessthan ninety degrees, thereby afiording a clamping action when the bracketis snapped over-the flanges of the cross-members. .When applied in this manner, j tl'l members 21' are designed to be the desired operative positions.

1 The upper embracing portio of the bracket member-21 is cut and bent'to form a socket 124' thereaboveiand extending transversely of the said memberto" receive the substantially "rectangular portion 25 of an L-be1t'26. Such construction prevents rotation of the bolt 26 'while' positioned in the socket 24.

f w The shank of the bolt 26 is formed with a shoulder or abutment 27 adapted to engage the {forward face 28 of socket 24'for the purpose of securingfthe bolt in the bracket mem- *ber, 29 designates a laterally extending head portion of the bolt 26 at right angles to the shank thereof for entrance in an open- *ing 30 of the'pa-nels 6, said head portion be- *i'ng formed with a slot 31 for receiving a ta- -pere'd key 32. A depending hookfpo'rtion 33 24 andspae dthrefrom, as a635, to permit the entrance of theL-bolt- 26. Said element terminates in a r arwardly extendin portion 36-, Pthe flapper horizontal: edge of r which merges with the'reartapered'edge'of the elep ment inaradiuar;

fslidalongthemembers'7, 8 and/or 9 into I is provideclat one end o'f the bolt to prevent Referring to Figs. .1 and 5, several of the bracket members are positioned along the bottom cross-member 9 without their L- bolts26. Panels 6 are placed thereon in such 7 a manner that the openings 37 in the lower edges thereof are engaged by the tapered elements 34:." Said openingsareof such diameter, and the elements 34 are so'designed as to provide a binding engagement, the Weight of the panels operatingfto bind the edges of the openings upon the; radii" a of theelements. V 7

By reason of the spacing of the member 9 forwardly ofthe, members 7 and 8 as described, the rear edges of the panel 6 will engage the forward edges b'ofs'aid'member's 7' and 8. to provide vertical alinement of the panels; w

Bracket'members 21 and their L-b'olts26 positioned on the members 7 and 8 may then be slid into operative,engagement with the Vertical sides of'the panels asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, the head portions'2'9 of thebolts projecting through the alined openings 30 of said panels. The tapered keys- 32 may then be positioned in the slots 31 of the head portions for drawing the-panels together and into relatively tight engagement with the forward edges '6 of the cross mem bers 7 and .8.

The elements 34 of the bracket members elevate the panels 6above the cross mem-ber 9 a sufficient distance to clear the Jbolts '12 employed in connection with the spacer members ll'or 11a (see Fig. 6).

,Thus it will be seenrthat the panels-6 maybe assembled on the framework of the-bulle- .tin 'structure,and readilyadjusted to thei'desired'position thereon, the bracket members 21 permitting said panels" to be slid along the cross-members 7 8and 9 in correct alinement. When the molding (not shown) has been applied to the structure, the panels may be easily removed withoutfldisturbing said molding byremoving theke'ys 32 and :sliding the bracket members 21 on the members 7 and 8 out of engagement with the panels,

permitting the sam'e'to "be lifted ofi. the tapered elements 34; of thebracket members on the bottom member 9 a sufiicient distance to be swung clear of thelower molding and be removed; .1

Iclaim: 1. V In an outdooradvertising structure, the combination with a support framing including a plurality of upright members ,;a plu- 1 'rality of cross-members including a bottom cross-member secured to the uprights, spacmg means interposed' between the bottom cross-member and the uprights to project the bottom cross-member -forwardly, a. braeket T detachably mounted on the bottom crossm'embe'r for mounting the 'basefiofa gv'e'rtically extending panel section thereon, aver ,-tical ly extending panel section having a i'r'ame formed with: a base-opening force- 5 .1

operation with the bracket, and means passed through the spacing members and the uprights for attaching the bottom cross-member to the uprights, 5 2. In an outdoor advertising structure, the

combination with a support framing including a plurality of upright members, a plural ity of cross-members including a bottom cross-member secured to the uprights, spacing means interposed between the bottom cross-member and the uprights-to projectthe bottom cross-member forwardly, a bracket detachably mounted on the bottom crossmember having a tapered projectingelement, a vertically extending panel section having a frame formed with abase opening for cooperation with the-tapered element of the bracket, and means passed through the spacing members and the uprights for attaching the bottom cross-member to the uprights V 8. In an outdoor advertising structure, the combination with a support framing including a plurality of upright members,"a plu- 1 rality of cross members including abottom cross-member secured to the uprights, spacing means interposed between the bottom cross-member and the uprights to project the I bottom cross-member forwardly, a" bracket detachably mounted on the bottom crossmember, a bracket detachablyimounted' on the second cross-membema vertically extend.- ing panel section having a frame formed with a side opening and a base opening, an" element on the bracket mounted on thefbottom cross-member for cooperationwith the base opening ofthe panel section,'and means cooperating with the bracket on the'second cross-member and with the'side openingof the panel section frame. 40 In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

GEORGE D. OVERHOLTZ. 

